#B39DEC#B39DEC

#B39DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39DEC
RGB	rgb(179, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(257, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 24.30, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 44.11, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0505 -0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.114 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7842, 39.7534, 84.6017)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39DEC #D6EC9D

analogous

#9DAFEC #B39DEC #DB9DEC

triadic

#B39DEC #ECB39D #9DECB3

tetradic

#B39DEC #EC9DAF #D6EC9D #9DECDB

square

#B39DEC #EC9DAF #D6EC9D #9DECDB

split-complementary

#B39DEC #ECDB9D #AFEC9D

monochromatic

#6336D8 #8B6AE2 #B39DEC #DBD0F6 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B39DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B39DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39DEC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39DEC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbaf2',
    500: '#b39dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39dec;
$custom-light: #cbbaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39DEC

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#CF169C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39DEC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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